Wednesday Crossword — February 22, 2012

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Karen Young Bonin2/22/2012

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Act greedy (4 letters)
5 Across
Newsman Lou (5 letters)
10 Across
Stand taken by a debater (4 letters)
14 Across
Elton John/Tim Rice musical (4 letters)
15 Across
___ Gay (5 letters)
16 Across
Austen heroine (4 letters)
17 Across
Jeering from the bleachers (4 letters)
18 Across
Broom made of twigs (5 letters)
19 Across
Crazy sort (4 letters)
20 Across
End of some medieval tournament action? (12 letters)
23 Across
Charger (5 letters)
26 Across
Part of the translation of "anno Domini" (3 letters)
27 Across
Weapons that hit in a medieval tournament? (13 letters)
33 Across
Sum up (3 letters)
34 Across
Holy book (5 letters)
35 Across
Middleton and Moss (5 letters)
38 Across
Estuaries (4 letters)
40 Across
Track figure (5 letters)
42 Across
Flood survivor (4 letters)
43 Across
"The Most Happy ___" (5 letters)
45 Across
Imitated a wolf (5 letters)
47 Across
Spanish bear (3 letters)
48 Across
Really boring medieval tournaments? (13 letters)
51 Across
Actress Zadora (3 letters)
52 Across
Unwelcome growth (5 letters)
53 Across
Joking around at a medieval tournament? (12 letters)
60 Across
See 58-Down (4 letters)
61 Across
Noted declarer of bankruptcy in 2001 (5 letters)
62 Across
Olympics jump (4 letters)
66 Across
W.W. II battle site (4 letters)
67 Across
Accustom (5 letters)
68 Across
"The occupation of the idle man, the distraction of the warrior, the peril of the sovereign," per Napoleon (4 letters)
69 Across
Creature known scientifically as Bufo bufo (4 letters)
70 Across
Heavy reading (5 letters)
71 Across
Donald and Ivana, for instance (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Shoot the breeze (3 letters)
2 Down
Carnival city (3 letters)
3 Down
Fracas (3 letters)
4 Down
Hamper (6 letters)
5 Down
Actress Mazar (4 letters)
6 Down
Fairly uncommon blood type, informally (4 letters)
7 Down
Nonsense (4 letters)
8 Down
Black mark (4 letters)
9 Down
Biblical fellow who was dis-tressed? (6 letters)
10 Down
"Back to the Future" transport (8 letters)
11 Down
Mine, in Marseille (4 letters)
12 Down
Springsteen's "___ Fire" (4 letters)
13 Down
Told all to the cops (4 letters)
21 Down
Mont. neighbor (4 letters)
22 Down
Crud (4 letters)
23 Down
Chow down on (5 letters)
24 Down
___ for (really delicious) (5 letters)
25 Down
Ultimate object (6 letters)
28 Down
Follower of many a dot (3 letters)
29 Down
Some daily papers, informally (5 letters)
30 Down
TV courtroom drama, 1986-94 (5 letters)
31 Down
Start or finish of an aphorism regarding justice (5 letters)
32 Down
Patsy (6 letters)
36 Down
Made less rigorous (5 letters)
37 Down
Things binge drinkers sometimes do (5 letters)
39 Down
Sloppy (8 letters)
41 Down
Zebra (3 letters)
44 Down
___ were (4 letters)
46 Down
Blue (4 letters)
49 Down
Accept punishment (6 letters)
50 Down
Entertain (6 letters)
53 Down
Witticism (4 letters)
54 Down
Anne Frank's father (4 letters)
55 Down
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's alma mater, in brief (4 letters)
56 Down
___ time at all (4 letters)
57 Down
Oil container (4 letters)
58 Down
French artist famous for 60-Acrossing (4 letters)
59 Down
Juana ___ de la Cruz, Mexican poet/nun (4 letters)
63 Down
Losing row (3 letters)
64 Down
Brink (3 letters)
65 Down
French article (3 letters)

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